Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.